The greek early mover companies in mergers and acquisitions of S.E. Europe and their returns

Abstract

The aim of this doctoral dissertation is to examine the early movers' phenomenon, and whether these companies have any abnormal returns in case of a merger or acquisition announcement. The research sample consists of 50 Greek companies of high capitalization enlisted in the Athens Stock Exchange, which they performed 109 cases of mergers or acquisitions in the period 1999-2006. These investments took place in the region of South East Europe, when during the same period the European Union experienced its great expansion. The methodology followed is the Event Studies methodology in combination with daily data, namely daily stock prices. This methodology is mainly used to examine the stock prices' fluctuations around a specific day, due to a fact like a change in firms1 tax regulations, a profit announcement, a merger or acquisition announcement, etc. For this doctoral dissertation the event of interest was the day the intention of the Greek companies to merge with or to acquire another c ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/19914
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/19914
ND
19914
Alternative title
Οι ελληνικές πρωτοπόρες εταιρίες στις συγχωνεύσεις και εξαγορές της Ν.Α. Ευρώπης και οι αποδόσεις τους
Author
Kalimeris, Dimitrios
Date
2008
Degree Grantor
University of Macedonia Economic and Social Sciences
Committee members
Παπασυριόπουλος Νικόλαος
Βαρελάς Ερωτόκριτος
Παπαπανάγος Χαράλαμπος
Δριτσάκης Νικόλαος
Λαζαρίδης Ιωάννης
Παπαδόπουλος Δημήτριος
Μπιτζένης Αριστείδης
Discipline
Social SciencesEconomics and Business ➨ Ecomonics
Social SciencesEconomics and Business ➨ Finance
Keywords
Early movers; Acquisitions; Mergers; Mergers and aquisitions; Abnormal returns; Market model; E-GARCH model; New information effect
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
434 σ., im., ind.
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